Apparently due to this very different approach the phone would be marketed as a product created to complement a user's existing smartphone, or one aimed at people who want to spend less time staring at a phone screen. Meanwhile, the company is said to have abandoned the development of a regular smartphone "because the product is too similar to others on the market" and "sales of an earlier phone were disappointing".

Insiders told Bloomberg that the new phone would book appointments, respond to emails and send texts on its own, and be primarily controlled using voice commands.

If this all sounds a bit like the sci-fi movie "Her", that's sort of by design.

In an interview with Bloomberg a year ago, Rubin suggested a benevolent incentive for embarking on a project along these lines. "I think I can solve part of the addictive behavior". However, the latest piece of information has hinted that the manufacturer could be working on a second handset, but expect it to be quite different from its first product. Using voice as the main input point not only presents privacy concerns, but it's also a technical challenge around voice recognition that even companies like Google are struggling to master.

One of the sources adds that Essential is aiming to have a prototype of the phone finished by the end of 2018 and may show it off to industry partners at CES 2019 in January.

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Returning to law enforcement issues and prison sentences, he called Hoover "a living statue" for black people. "Not legal guns. Trump , has been focused on overhauling the criminal justice system, and one person briefed on the meeting said that Mr.

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The Eagles showed slight improvements from their performance last week against the Titans, but it was not enough to secure a win. The Vikings were on a two-game losing streak, and may have saved their season with a win, which improved their record to 2-2-1.

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They didn't intend to either. "We will have a short week playing Philly and our mindset will be on that", Manning said. Prior to the game, Beckham raised eyebrows after criticizing the Giants in an interview with ESPN's Josina Anderson.

Russian and US space officials said that the crew is heading for an emergency landing in Kazakhstan at an unspecified time. One of the pictures showed Hague smiling and another had him sitting next to Russia's space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin.

Washington Supreme Court tosses out state's death penalty
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